Filibuster Reform is Popular, but Not Likely
by Stephanie Eve Boone |
03/03/10 03:00 PM
Jim Bunning’s recent blockade of jobless benefits may not technically have constituted a filibuster, but most journalists have referred to it as one, and not without reason...
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Utah Legislature Votes to Prosecute Some Miscarriages
Mar 03, 02:00 PM
Lawmakers in Utah passed a bill last week that leaves women who have miscarriages open to criminal prosecution...
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Not Like Hollywood: How the Filibuster Really Works
Mar 01, 03:00 PM
During an appearance on The Daily Show at the end of January, Doris Kearns Goodwin argued that Democrats should force Republicans to make good on threats to filibuster on health care reform...
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Senator Bayh Retires from Senate, Calls for Partisan Reform
Feb 22, 03:00 PM
Although he was leading in the polls and already had $13 million in his war chest, Indiana Senator Evan Bayh announced last Monday that he would not run for re-election when his term ends in Janua...
Despite Recession, Lobbying Has Record Year
Corporations, unions, and interest groups shelled out an all-time record $3.47 billion for federal lobbying in 2009, acco...
North Carolina Politicians Oppose Atheist Councilman’s Election
In 1970, at the age of 20, Cecil Bothwell of North Carolina decided that he was an atheist...
Health Care After the Massachusetts Vote
In a shocking upset, the Democrats have lost the 60 seat Senate voting block needed to usher the health care legislation...
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